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Below is a statement from U.S. PIRG Program Advocate Michelle Surka on the proposed House tax bill's impacts on our debt:

“The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, introduced this morning in the House, is an exercise in fiscal recklessness, exploding the budget deficit while failing to close the biggest tax loopholes and relying on gimmicks to obscure the impact on the national debt. Rather than make prudent trade-offs to achieve the President's promised tax cuts, this bill twists itself into knots attempting to distract from the bottom line: it will add trillions to our deficit."

In response to recent lead incidents at Oakland schools, local groups launched a new campaign today to get lead out of school drinking water in Oakland. School officials, parents, health advocates, and local supporters all joined CALPIRG in calling for Oakland Unified to adopt a comprehensive policy that will truly protect kids from these lead threats at school.

Our Consumer Advocate, Mike Litt, was invited by Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, to testify this week at a Congressional hearing on the Equifax data breach. This was a continuation of the committee's previously held hearing on October 5th entitled "Examining the Equifax Data Breach."

Today the Assembly Committees on Banking and Finance and Privacy and Consumer Protection, and the Select Committee on Cybersecurity, held a legislative hearing on the Equifax data breach. Executive Director Emily Rusch was invited to testify at the hearing on the implications for consumers.